# BELIEF SYSTEM SELECTOR...an exploration of world religions (TAKE THE TEST!!) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2000, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804 "2000-08-02T05:12:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/21 "2000-08-02T07:22:43Z")
My top 3: Hindu-100 New Age-91 Neo-Pagan-76 ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/22 "2000-08-02T07:23:42Z")
Well, this can’t be right, look at #3 on the Top 5 list! I oppose this! Top 5 New Thought…click to learn more (score = 100) New Age…click to learn more (score = 95) Scientology…click to learn more (score = 93) Unitarian Universalist…click to learn more (score = 87) Neo-Pagan…click to learn more (score = 84) Bottom 5 Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score = 19) Seventh Day Adventist…click to learn more (score = 15) Latter Day…click to learn more (score = 13) Jainism…click to learn more (score = 13) Jehovah’s Witness…click to learn more (score = 0) ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/23 "2000-08-02T07:26:39Z")
Top 3: Latter-Day Saints, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic Bottom 3: Theraveda Buddhism, Humanist, Atheist/Agnostic …Hey where y’all going?! I’m still great at parties and play a mean air guitar! I still listen to Blue Oyster Cult!! Awwww…c’mon guys…!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dumb\_Ox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dumb\_Ox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumb_Ox)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/24 "2000-08-02T07:29:25Z")
Top Three Theravada Buddhist…(score = 100) Mahayana Buddhist…(score = 100) Hindu…(score = 99) Bottom Three Roman Catholic…(score = 11) Islam…(score = 11) Mainline to Conservative Protestant…(score = 3) Well then, I guess that settles it. I’m off to join a Thai forest monastery. I hope they have high-speed internet access. What I _really_ want to see is **Libertarian** ’s score on this thing. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/25 "2000-08-02T07:50:04Z")
Top 3: Mainline to Liberal Protestant (score = 100) Liberal Quaker (score = 93) Unitarian Universalist (score = 90) Bottom 3: Hindu (score = 31) Jehovah’s Witness (score = 24) Jainism (score = 24) Raised Lutheran (and had a grandfather who was a wrestler turned storekeeper turned Finnish Apostolic pastor). ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/26 "2000-08-02T08:00:41Z")
Top three: - Mainline to Conservative Protestant (score = 100) - Latter Day (score = 99) - Eastern Orthodox (score = 94) Weird. I am not Protestant, or Mormon, and I don’t even know anyone who is Eastern Orthodox. It was an interesting test, but difficult. Some of the questions were hard to answer, because while I think certain things are important for _me_, I don’t necessarily think everyone else will reach the Truth the same way. If that makes any sense. (In other words, I don’t believe in a strict “It’s this ONE way only, MY way, or else you will sizzle in Hell forever!”) But, in a way, the test was close. I do have specific and strong beliefs, and this test tapped into that. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/27 "2000-08-02T08:10:01Z")
Neo-Pagan…click to learn more (score = 100) New Age…click to learn more (score = 90) Unitarian Universalist…click to learn more (score = 74) Liberal Quaker…click to learn more (score = 72) New Thought…click to learn more (score = 65) * * * Latter Day…click to learn more (score = 14) Eastern Orthodox…click to learn more (score = 13) Jehovah’s Witness…click to learn more (score = 11) Seventh Day Adventist…click to learn more (score = 9) Roman Catholic…click to learn more (score = 9) Islam…click to learn more (score = 9) Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score = 5) ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/28 "2000-08-02T08:17:50Z")
Top ten: Neo-Pagan (score = 100) New Age (score = 98) Hindu (score = 83) Unitarian Universalist (score = 80) New Thought (score = 72) Mahayana Buddhist (score = 68) Liberal Quaker (score = 66) Scientology (score = 62) Theravada Buddhist (score = 61) Mainline to Liberal Protestant (score = 54) I really dont think my beliefs are very Neo-Pagan (I actually don’t want to associate myself with it because i’m not at all interested in being a Neo-Pagan). New Age possibly, but to me it has a flaky connotation to it. I can agree with Hinduism, which is a religion i do find fascinating. Of the top ten, my first three choices that I really am actually interested in, and kind of jibe with my spiritual views are Hinduism, Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism (Mahayana is a bit more interesting to me though). I REALLY wonder why i ended up with Scientology in the top ten :). Bottom Ten: Bahá’í (score = 27) Orthodox Judaism (score = 26) Atheist/Agnostic (score = 21) Latter Day…click to learn more (score = 14) Eastern Orthodox (score = 13) Seventh Day Adventist (score = 9) Islam (score = 9) Roman Catholic (score = 9) Jehovah’s Witness (score = 5) Mainline to Conservative Protestant (score = 3) I basically agree with the bottom ten. Funny thing is, I was raised Catholic. But, i dont really follow it much anymore. I think my mom might score low on Catholocism, even though she goes to church every Sunday and is quite active in the church. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/29 "2000-08-02T08:53:50Z")
well, blessed be! top 4= Neo-Pagan…click to learn more (score = 100) New Age…click to learn more (score = 87) Hindu…click to learn more (score = 86) New Thought…click to learn more (score = 83) below 16 = Theravada Buddhist…click to learn more (score = 15) Latter Day…click to learn more (score = 14) Eastern Orthodox…click to learn more (score = 14) Roman Catholic…click to learn more (score = 14) Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score = 14) Seventh Day Adventist…click to learn more (score = 14) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/30 "2000-08-02T08:58:24Z")
Top=Unitarian Universalist score =100 Bottom= Christian Science score=0 ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/31 "2000-08-02T08:59:59Z")
TOP THREE Orthodox Quaker(score = 100) Eastern Orthodox(score = 92) Roman Catholic(score = 87) BOTTOM THREE Mahayana Buddhist(score = 30) Humanist(score = 26) Atheist/Agnostic(score = 16) Hmm, I made 3rd. And I make the worst Atheist as well. And isn’t Orthodox Quaker the same as Amish? I know I’m a plain person, but not _that_ plain. :o ---
**Author:** ![Gomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/32 "2000-08-02T09:17:49Z")
Top Three Mainline to Liberal Protestant…click to learn more (score = 100) Liberal Quaker…click to learn more (score = 99) Unitarian Universalist…click to learn more (score = 94) Bottom 3 Islam…click to learn more (score = 35) Christian Science…click to learn more (score = 34) Jainism…click to learn more (score = 32) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/33 "2000-08-02T09:30:28Z")
Top Three Humanist…click to learn more (score = 100) Unitarian Universalist…click to learn more (score = 96) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score = 85) Bottom Three Roman Catholic…click to learn more (score = 0) Jehovah’s Witness…click to learn more (score = 0) Islam…click to learn more (score = 0) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/34 "2000-08-02T09:49:33Z")
Top Three: Unitarian Universalist… (score = 100) Humanist… (score = 95) Atheist/Agnostic… (score = 90) Bottom Three: Roman Catholic… (score = 0) Jehovah’s Witness… (score = 0) Islam… (score = 0) Funny, I was raised slightly Roman Catholic. Baptised, Communion, all that sort of thing. Didn’t really stick… I guess it doesn’t help if you really don’t believe in a supreme being 😉 I read the text on Unitarian Universalists, but their beliefs were so varied that I would never consider that a serious religion. More like a debate club, likely. Atheist/Agnostic sounds about right: I do believe in some form of afterlife, but not in a supreme being. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/35 "2000-08-02T09:58:03Z")
Top: Orthodox Quaker…click to learn more (score = 100) Latter Day…click to learn more (score = 97) Roman Catholic…click to learn more (score = 93) Bottom: Mahayana Buddhist…click to learn more (score = 19) Theravada Buddhist…click to learn more (score = 19) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score = 0) Umm, those are not the choices I would have expected for me… ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/36 "2000-08-02T10:08:12Z")
Top 5 New Age…click to learn more (score = 100) Hindu…click to learn more (score = 94) Neo-Pagan…click to learn more (score = 87) Unitarian Universalist…click to learn more (score = 76) New Thought…click to learn more (score = 72) Bottom 5 Eastern Orthodox…click to learn more (score = 13) Roman Catholic…click to learn more (score = 13) Jehovah’s Witness…click to learn more (score = 8) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score = 0) Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score = 0) Man, from the descriptions, this is really close. Also interesting, since I was raised Roman Catholic, now near bottom, and am a philisophical Taoist, which seems to fit in the New Age category. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/37 "2000-08-02T10:30:18Z")
Top Three: New Thought…click to learn more (score = 100) Unitarian Universalist…click to learn more (score = 98) New Age…click to learn more (score = 97) Bottom Three: Jehovah’s Witness…click to learn more (score = 0) Roman Catholic…click to learn more (score = 0) Islam…click to learn more (score = 0) I tried to answer honestly. If I did, I learned something unexpected about myself. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/38 "2000-08-02T10:39:36Z")
Top Three: Unitarian Universalist…click to learn more (score = 100) Liberal Quaker…click to learn more (score = 85) Neo-Pagan…click to learn more (score = 81) Bottom Three: Seventh Day Adventist…click to learn more (score = 9) Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score = 5) Jehovah’s Witness…click to learn more (score = 0) ---
**Author:** ![Peppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@Peppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peppy)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/39 "2000-08-02T11:55:00Z")
I guess I wasn’t surprised. Humanist…click to learn more (score = 100) Unitarian Universalist…click to learn more (score = 99) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score = 88) Liberal Quaker…click to learn more (score = 71) Christian Science…click to learn more (score = 2) Islam…click to learn more (score = 0) Roman Catholic…click to learn more (score = 0) Jehovah’s Witness…click to learn more (score = 0) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804/40 "2000-08-02T12:25:13Z")
Wow, Satan, neat! I had been wondering how to classify myself. [/quote] Liberal Quaker…click to learn more (score = 100) Mainline to Liberal Protestant…click to learn more (score = 94) Unitarian Universalist…click to learn more (score = 93) . . . Humanist…click to learn more (score = 0) Jehovah’s Witness…click to learn more (score = 0) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score = 0) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-system-selector-an-exploration-of-world-religions-take-the-test/27804.md?page=3)